The "all-in-one-location" XDA Skyrocket General Info/Root Method/Kernel/ROM Thread!

The "all-in-one-location" XDA Skyrocket General Info/Root Method/Kernel/ROM Thread!

Welcome all SGSII-Skyrocket owners (and anyone else)!

My purpose is to help organize some general info, root methods, kernels, and (constantly updated) ROMs into one thread with links. I do not take credit for ANY work posted in this thread as they should be given to their respective creators (and porters). Also, I am not responsible for any action(s)/damages you take that are from flashing or changing your device from the way you received it when it was purchased. So basically what you do with the information you find here is on YOU!

I hope that ALL questions and requests related to linked content will be posted in the appropriately linked thread(s). Hopefully, we can keep this organized and easy to read and update. Any dates are in a "MM.DD" format and are derived from the most recent date the OP of each thread was updated (in a subtle attempt to continue having devs update their OP any time they update their creations...though our devs seem to be cooler and smarter than the rest IMO ).

[General Information]
(Here will be info and links to info that can be considered useful to all users of the Skyrocket whether they decide to root/rom their devices or not.)

NEW: AGPS Patch Galaxy S II 3.1 & 2.2 | GET BACK TO RAPID GPS LOCK, CAN LOCK MORE SATS A few members are reporting great results with this. Please read directions fully on the subject thread!

All in One guide This is a great thread by AppDroid (thanks!) with multiple posts on different subjects (terms, flashing, rooting, etc) if you're new to customizing your phone I suggest you give it a look.
Odin: Return to Stock, fix soft brick ...for those who are in this situation
[Dev]SC-03D_DCM_SC03DOMKK3_SC03DDCMKK3...this is the official stock rom for the Japan NTT DoCoMo Galaxy S II LTE.
"Donation Rotation" Thread Now closed! xboarder56 now has a Skyrocket! Thanks to all who helped!

[Rooting Methods]
(This section will link to known and WORKING ways to root your Skyrocket.)
ROOT | CWM | ODIN | SGH-I727 and SGH-I727R Skyrocket ...This is the method I used to root my Skyrocket.
ROOT [ACS] Skyrocket Easy Root - Windows/Mac/Linux
SuperOneClick v2.3.1 (using zergRush) ...a "SUPER" easy way to root (thanks kornklown69 for bringing this up!)
S2 Root v1.5.1 - One Click Root and UnRoot solution for ALL SAMSUNG Devices Was posted in the SGSII forum but says it's for all Samsung androids...the reason I posted this one is because it's supposed to be able to unroot, please post below if you have successfully got this to work! Thanks!

[Kernels]
(This will link to any kernels that are created/being worked on for the Skyrocket.)
Skyrocket[2.6.35.14](v0.0.8)OC~1.73GHz/GPU OC/OTG/UV/SLQB/BLN 01.10
AT&T/Rogers dag .42 1.83GHzOC/UV/init.d/BFQ/BLN/FUSE/adb root/optimized 12.23
Cyanogenmod Skyrocket Kernel 0.43pre v4 12.19
AT&T Stock-ish 0.1 BLN/USB-OTG/NFS/FUSE/init.d/adb root/boot animation 12.07
i727 stock kernel odin 11.10


[Radios/baseband]
By a valid request this section includes links to radios for the Skyrocket. Since the homie twopumpchump has made a thread dedicated to this I will link to that thread.
Skyrocket Radio Thread maintained by TwoPumpChump

[ROMs]
(With our Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket gaining more attention and ownership, I expect our current developers...THANK YOU!!!!...to gain some new developers that will add to the growing list of available ROMs. There are other ROMs out there (not many) but I didn't want to post links to other forum sites. So instead, I will say this is not a complete list of available ROMs but it is all of them available on the XDA Developers SGSII Skyrocket Forums. NO links will go directly to the downloads, instead they will link to the threads. This will hopefully force people to see any instructions and warnings that are related to those ROMs directly from their creators.)
dsixda's Android Kitchen - Now supports SGS2 Skyrocket! Thanks to dsixda!!! This is a guide for understanding and assisting building ROMs.
MiUI Rom thread OP clearly states that this is a work in progress...only here for us to keep track of it's development
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Sky Ice Cream Sandwich (2.3.5-ice-creamsandwich) Multiple Flavors 02.05!!
[ROM]CyanoTouchwiz Rocket --- Cm7base ICS theme 02.03!!
[ROM] DJ ICS V1.0.3 & ICS+ V1.0.3 [Sky Ice + ICS Perfection] 02.02
[ROM]UXKJ7.Cobra-beta 02.02
[ROM][UXKJ2]Buoyancy v1.3.1||Rogers/AT&T| 02.02
[UCKJ2] // NeXusM0D Version 2.0 // [AOSP Like] 01.28
[UXKJ2] // NeXuSM0D UX Version 3.4 // [AOSP Like] 01.28
SKYCoca Cola Classic (The Speedier Freak) 01.26
Alien ★ Build #5.5 ★ 01.24
Venom Stock Rc9.8 01.24
[2.3.6] Super Stock (AT&T Skyrocket) 12.27
{KK1 At&t}Red Sonja|*BETA*| TheCollective Custom Build 12.23
Space Pirate 1.0 RC1 {2.3.5 - KJ7} 12.20
CyanogenMod 7.2.0 Alpha Version 4 12.19
UXKJ7|CWM|AT&T/ROGERS|DEB&DEO|NOCIQ SkyROCKeteer 2.0 Beta 1*ICON FIX 12.08
TPC v3 2.3.5 | Da_G OC Kernel | IMG Flash | ATT | Rogers 12.08
QuikWiz v1.0.3||Overclock||CRT||Xloud||Bravia||2.3.5||Ciq free||Fast||248mb 12.04
Stock 2.3.6 rooted flashable zip 11.30
SGH-I727R_RWC_I727RUXKJ7_I727RRWCKJ7_I727RUXKJ7 11.30 ...official ROGERS stock ROM for SGH-i727R
Rogers/AT&T|CWM|BONESTOCK|DEBLOATED|DEODEXED| BoneSTOCKeteer 11.26
ADT Stock AT&T Rooted Base 11.10
I727UCKJ2 [Android 2.3.5] 10.15 ...this is a stock AT&T ROM

Stock Recovery.tar for I727UCKJ2 11.25 ...found this in the general section

I'm still working on this but will be open to suggestions on how to keep this organized and up-to-date (eventually I'll streamline it down a bit and remove my side comments). PLEASE try and keep comments in this thread related to making it better, helping me/us keep it updated, and also links to any findings that aren't included. Finally, anyone who either wishes to have their content posted here, updated, or removed from here please PM me and I'll do my best to get it sorted out. Thanks!

Sorry everyone for disappearing for a bit. After the holidays things got hectic for me. Anyways, roms and such will be up to date by the morning (it's 12:40am here now so say by 8am) I've also been meaning to look into a few ICS breakthroughs I've heard about so if I find anything promising I'll put it up too. Night all.

MakAttak said:

I have been doing roots and roms for a few weeks now and my BIGGEST confusion is the order in which to do things.
An example: (and I am a BIG CM7 fan) was the post for putting the new alpha version of CM7 on the S/R.

Suggested install order:
Boot to CWM <--Got it!
Factory Reset (data/cache wipe) <-- Got it!
Install slayher's T-Mobile CM7 ROM <-- Cool, got it!
Install kernel<--Whoa, uhhh HUH? Crap! I am not real sure what I need to do here!
Install 01cpu script for overclocking
(if desired, preferably via adb push - this way the first bootup is nice and fast )<-- Got it!

this is a great set of instructions (except....) '... Install kernel ...'
Would have saved me a little time if that word kernel was a link to what/how it wanted me to install.. It took me a couple of tries to figure it out !

Kudos to the dev group, you guys ROCK!
MAYBE we need an OPERATIONAL section to give instructions on the 'HOW' part... Just a thought... Guess we could always do it in wikipedia...

Click to expand...

Click to collapse

Unless otherwise instructed by the dev of the kernel your flashing, it is the same as flashing the ROM. (Through CWM).

One way to check, if you extract the zip and it extracts 1 .tar file then its done through ODIN. If it has folder including META, then use CWM.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA App

if its 2.3.5 i think the easiest root is superoneclick root way easier than ones listed

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

+1 Agree!

skrambled said:

Thank you for starting this. I think this does belong in the Development forum and should be stickied once it gets where it needs to be.

Anywho, my suggestion is to add a section for CWM-flashable modems. There are only a couple of baseband versions out now but I'm sure that as time goes on and more updates/leaks come out that people will want the ability to use the one they want with whatever rom.

Click to expand...

Click to collapse

I have been doing roots and roms for a few weeks now and my BIGGEST confusion is the order in which to do things.
An example: (and I am a BIG CM7 fan) was the post for putting the new alpha version of CM7 on the S/R.

Suggested install order:
Boot to CWM <--Got it!
Factory Reset (data/cache wipe) <-- Got it!
Install slayher's T-Mobile CM7 ROM <-- Cool, got it!
Install kernel<--Whoa, uhhh HUH? Crap! I am not real sure what I need to do here!
Install 01cpu script for overclocking
(if desired, preferably via adb push - this way the first bootup is nice and fast )<-- Got it!

this is a great set of instructions (except....) '... Install kernel ...'
Would have saved me a little time if that word kernel was a link to what/how it wanted me to install.. It took me a couple of tries to figure it out !

Kudos to the dev group, you guys ROCK!
MAYBE we need an OPERATIONAL section to give instructions on the 'HOW' part... Just a thought... Guess we could always do it in wikipedia...